gay

The word “gay” has 1 syllable: gay

It's pronounced as /ɡeɪ/


What is synonym and antonym for gay?

In the thesaurus, “gay” has 209 synonyms and 137 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gay along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gay

  • active
  • agile
  • agog
  • airy
  • alert
  • amused
  • amusing
  • animate
  • animated
  • antic
  • audacious
  • awake
  • beaming
  • blase
  • blessed
  • blest
  • blissful
  • blithe
  • blithesome
  • boisterous
  • bold
  • boon
  • bouncing
  • bouncy
  • brash
  • brazen
  • breezy
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • brisk
  • bubbly
  • buoyant
  • canty
  • carefree
  • careless
  • casual
  • cavalier
  • cheerful
  • cheering
  • cheery
  • chipper
  • chirpy
  • chirrupy
  • chuckling
  • comic
  • comical
  • confident
  • convivial
  • crank
  • dapper
  • dashing
  • debonair
  • delighted
  • devil-may-care
  • eager
  • easygoing
  • ebullient
  • ecstatic
  • effervescent
  • elated
  • energetic
  • enraptured
  • enthusiastic
  • entranced
  • eupeptic
  • euphoric
  • exhilarated
  • extraverted
  • extroverted
  • exuberant
  • exultant
  • facetious
  • farcical
  • festive
  • flamboyant
  • flashy
  • flippant
  • fresh
  • frisky
  • frivolous
  • frolic
  • frolicsome
  • fun-loving
  • funny
  • gamesome
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • giddy
  • giggling
  • glad
  • gladdening
  • gladsome
  • gleaming
  • gleeful
  • gratified
  • grinning
  • happy
  • happy-go-lucky
  • heartening
  • heartwarming
  • high
  • high-spirited
  • high-strung
  • hilarious
  • hopeful
  • humorous
  • impertinent
  • impish
  • impudent
  • informal
  • insolent
  • insouciant
  • intense
  • jaunty
  • jazzy
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • joking
  • jolly
  • joshing
  • jovial
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jubilant
  • keen
  • kinetic
  • laid-back
  • laughing
  • light-headed
  • lighthearted
  • lightsome
  • lilting
  • lively
  • low-pressure
  • lyric
  • merry
  • mettlesome
  • mirthful
  • nervous
  • nimble
  • nonchalant
  • on the go
  • open-eyed
  • optimistic
  • outgoing
  • overexuberant
  • overjoyed
  • peppy
  • perky
  • pert
  • pixieish
  • pizazzy
  • pizzazzy
  • playful
  • pleased
  • pleasure-seeking
  • presuming
  • pushy
  • racy
  • radiant
  • rapturous
  • raucous
  • ravished
  • relaxed
  • rich
  • riotous
  • rollicking
  • rosy
  • rowdy
  • sanguine
  • satisfied
  • saucy
  • self-assertive
  • showy
  • sidesplitting
  • silly
  • skittish
  • slaphappy
  • smiling
  • snappy
  • spanking
  • sparkling
  • sparkly
  • sparky
  • spiffy
  • spirited
  • sportive
  • sprightful
  • sprightly
  • springy
  • spry
  • sunny
  • thrilled
  • tickled
  • unconcerned
  • unfussy
  • uninhibited
  • up
  • upbeat
  • uproarious
  • vital
  • vivacious
  • wide-awake
  • wild
  • winsome
  • witty
  • zippy

Antonyms for gay

  • abject
  • aggrieved
  • anguished
  • anxious
  • apathetic
  • black
  • bleak
  • blue
  • boring
  • brokenhearted
  • careful
  • careworn
  • cautious
  • cheerless
  • colorless
  • comfortless
  • concerned
  • constrained
  • crestfallen
  • crying
  • dark
  • dead
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • depressing
  • desolate
  • despondent
  • disconsolate
  • discontented
  • discouraged
  • discouraging
  • disgruntled
  • disheartened
  • disheartening
  • dismal
  • dispirited
  • dispiriting
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • dour
  • down
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • drab
  • dreary
  • droopy
  • dull
  • earnest
  • forlorn
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • grave
  • gray
  • grey
  • groaning
  • hangdog
  • heartbroken
  • heartsick
  • heavyhearted
  • heedful
  • impassive
  • inactive
  • inanimate
  • inconsolable
  • indolent
  • inert
  • inhibited
  • irksome
  • joyless
  • lachrymose
  • lackadaisical
  • lackluster
  • languid
  • languishing
  • languorous
  • lazy
  • leaden
  • lethargic
  • lifeless
  • limp
  • listless
  • long-suffering
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lugubrious
  • lusterless
  • melancholy
  • mirthless
  • miserable
  • moaning
  • modest
  • moody
  • morose
  • mournful
  • overburdened
  • phlegmatic
  • plain
  • plaintive
  • repressed
  • restrained
  • sad
  • saddened
  • saturnine
  • serious
  • serious-minded
  • sleepy
  • sluggish
  • sobbing
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • spiritless
  • stoic
  • stoical
  • stolid
  • subdued
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • surly
  • tedious
  • tired
  • torpid
  • unambitious
  • uncolorful
  • unhappy
  • unsatisfied
  • upset
  • vapid
  • wailing
  • wary
  • weary
  • weeping
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • worried
  • wretched

Meanings of gay

  • noun
    1. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
    2. Something which is bright or colorful, such as a picture or a flower.
    3. An ornament, a knick-knack.
    4. The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.
  • verb
    1. To make happy or cheerful.
    2. To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
  • adjective
    1. (possibly obsolete) Happy, joyful, and lively.
    2. Quick, fast.
    3. (possibly obsolete) Festive, bright, or colourful.
    4. Sexually promiscuous (of any gender), (sometimes particularly) engaged in prostitution.
    5. Homosexual:.
    6. A pejorative:.
    7. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
    8. (possibly obsolete) Considerable, great, large in number, size, or degree.
  • adverb
    1. (possibly obsolete) Considerably, very.

Example Sentences

  • The parade celebrated gay pride and equality for all.
  • He came out as gay to his friends and family last year.
  • The film features a storyline about a gay couple finding acceptance.
  • They joined a support group for gay individuals in their community.
  • The character in the novel was portrayed as openly gay and confident.

On this page you'll find 346 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gay, such as: abject, active, aggrieved, agile, agog, airy, alert.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • forceful
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  • full of beans
  • full of life
  • full of spirit
  • galvanizing
  • game
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  • gay
  • gingery
  • gripping
  • gritty
  • gutsy
  • happy
  • harsh
  • heady
  • herbaceous
  • high-spirited
  • highly seasoned
  • hot
  • hyper
  • in high spirits
  • incisive
  • interesting
  • intrepid
  • intriguing
  • invigorating
  • jolly
  • jumping
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  • keen
  • kittenish
  • larkish
  • lighthearted
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  • luscious
  • merry
  • mettlesome
  • mordant
  • nervy
  • nosey
  • odoriferous
  • palatable
  • passionate
  • penetrating
  • peppery
  • peppy
  • perfumed
  • perky
  • pert
  • piercing
  • piquant
  • piquing
  • playful
  • plucky
  • poignant
  • pointed
  • prankish
  • provocative
  • provoking
  • pungent
  • racy
  • redolent
  • resolute
  • responsive
  • rich
  • riveting
  • rocking
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • salt
  • salty
  • sarcastic
  • saucy
  • savorous
  • savory
  • savoury
  • scathing
  • scented
  • scintillating
  • scrumptious
  • seasoned
  • sensitive
  • severe
  • sharp
  • snappy
  • sound
  • sour
  • sparkling
  • spicy
  • spirited
  • sportive
  • sprightly
  • spunky
  • stimulating
  • stinging
  • stinking
  • stringent
  • strong
  • sweet
  • swinging
  • tangy
  • tart
  • tasty
  • telling
  • toothsome
  • tough
  • trenchant
  • upbeat
  • vibrant
  • vigorous
  • vinegary
  • virile
  • vital
  • vivacious
  • vivid
  • well-flavored
  • whiffy
  • wicked
  • with a kick
  • witty
  • zappy
  • zealous
  • zestful
  • zingy
  • zippy

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